| Summary: | In my thesis I focus on psychological profiling of an offender which is one of relatively new and rapidly developing methods of investigation. In its modern form it was developed in United States in early 70's and it is currently used more and more frequently. Therefore new possibilities of its use are still developed. The method that was originally used basically just to create the profile of an unknown perpetrator, is now used much more broadly. I chose it as a topic of my thesis primarily for its multidisciplinary nature, the breadth of its application possibilities and openness to new knowledge and theories. Not quite irrelevant reason was also a certain controversy that acompannies this technique. The purpose of my thesis is an attempt at comprehensive and sober perspective, organizing current knowledge and exploring how can psychological profiling help in linking crimes in series. I divided the work into three chapters. The first chapter deals with the general characteristics of psychological profiling, particularly the definition of the term, historical roots and development of the method, its objectives, purposes and suitable situations for its use. The second chapter focuses on issues of methodology of psychological profiling, both generally and in terms of different approaches. I also try...
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